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93. Ad-Dhuhaa

The Morning Hours · Meccan · 11 verses

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

93:1

وَٱلضُّحَىٰ ﴿١﴾

Waḍ-ḍuḥā

By the morning hours

93:2

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ ﴿٢﴾

Wallayli idhā sajā

And by the night when it is stillest,

93:3

مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ ﴿٣﴾

Mā waddaʿaka rabbuka wamā qalā

Thy Lord hath not forsaken thee nor doth He hate thee,

93:4

وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿٤﴾

Walalʾākhiratu khayrun laka mina al-ulā

And verily the latter portion will be better for thee than the former,

93:5

وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰٓ ﴿٥﴾

Walasawfa yuʿṭīka rabbuka fatarḍā

And verily thy Lord will give unto thee so that thou wilt be content.

93:6

أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَـَٔاوَىٰ ﴿٦﴾

Alam yajidka yatīman faʾāwā

Did He not find thee an orphan and protect (thee)?

93:7

وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدَىٰ ﴿٧﴾

Wawajadaka ḍāllan fahadā

Did He not find thee wandering and direct (thee)?

93:8

وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًا فَأَغْنَىٰ ﴿٨﴾

Wawajadaka ʿāʾilan faʾaghnā

Did He not find thee destitute and enrich (thee)?

93:9

فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ ﴿٩﴾

Faʾammā al-yatīma falā taqhar

Therefor the orphan oppress not,

93:10

وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ ﴿١٠﴾

Waʾammā as-sāʾila falā tanhar

Therefor the beggar drive not away,

93:11

وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ ﴿١١﴾

Waʾammā biniʿmati rabbika faḥaddith

Therefor of the bounty of thy Lord be thy discourse.

Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.

Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.

Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.